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Under Water

Center for Community Education Staff

Lauren Van Heukelem
HIMB Faculty, Junior Specialist 
Community Education Coordinator 
M.S. Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

 

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Gagandeep (Gagan) Lally
Program Assistant 
B.S. Natural Resource & Environmental Management (NREM) Marine Coastal Ecology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

 

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Kekuʻiapōiula (Kuʻi) Keliipuleole  
CCE & KeaoaLoʻe REMS Lab Graduate Assistant
B.S. & M.S. Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Mānoa Marine Biology PhD Graduate Student 

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Vivian Chan
KUPU Member 2025-2026
B.S. Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Our Project In Hawaiʻi's Intertidal (OPIHI) Alumni
Kapiʻolani Community College Marine OptionsProgram (MOP)

Alumni 

 

Program Alumni

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Shayla Kiyota
KUPU Member 2024-2025

B.A. Marine Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science 
(PIPES) Alumni 
UH Hilo Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental
Science's Graduate Student

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Hannah Bancroft  
KUPU Member 2023-2024
B.S. Wildlife & Conservation Biology, University of New Hampshire

Coral Resilience Lab Program & Outreach Associate

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Leah Barkai
KUPU Member 2022-2024

B.A. Environmental & Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego
UH Mānoa Marine Biology Master's Graduate Student 
KeaoaLoʻe REMS Lab Graduate Assistant

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Mark Heckman
Retired HIMB Faculty, Education Specialist 

Previous Community Education Coordinator (2008-2022)
Master's in Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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